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A multi-race, multi-class engine for economic, social and environmental justice and sustainability.

Co-op Power is a consumer-owned cooperative operating on a not-for-profit basis structured as a decentralized network of local communities.

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How it Works Local Councils in VT and MA are working for sustainability and justice in their communities. Communities choose a sustainable energy business where their members and supporters want to: 1) Buy the products and services, 2) Invest in business start-up, and 3) Work in the business.

• Northeast Biodiesel (recycled oil biodiesel plant) Accomplishments so • Energia (multi-family and far: 10 Community - commercial energy efficiency business) Owned Green • Five Solar Installation businesses Businesses and • Thermal Window Fabrication 150 Good Green Jobs > $2 Million Invested • Two Green Electricians • Co-op Power Programs • Solar Vendor Network • Residential Energy Efficiency Services • Neighbor to Neighbor Programs • Community Solar Programs

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Biodiesel can be used in any diesel engine or oil heat system without system modification.

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NYSERDA Study Concluded: An increase of 40 million gallons per year of biodiesel production will yield: • 1,300 new jobs in all sectors • $40 million increase to NY’s yearly GDP

Why Biodiesel? GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT • Addresses Climate Change • Improves Air Quality • Renewable • Safe GOOD FOR LOCAL ECONOMIES • Affordable • Excellent Performance • Creates Local Jobs GOOD FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE Reduces our Dependence on Fossil Fuels

Vegetable Oil Based Fuels The use of vegetable oils as engine fuels may seem insignificant today but the such oils may become, in the course of time, as important as petroleum and the coal tar products of the present time. -Rudolph Diesel, 1912

Northeast Biodiesel

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We’d love to hear from you! Lynn Benander, President and CEO Tom Simon, Co-op Power of Southern Vermont Elizabeth Moran, Outreach and Education Coordinator info@cooppower.coop www.cooppower.coop info@northeastbiodiesel.com www.northeastbiodiesel.com 877-266-7543